/etc/passwd emulation

[Earnie Boyd]

--- Kazuhiro Fujieda <fujieda@jaist.ac.jp> wrote:
> >>> On Sat, 11 Sep 1999 21:41:37 +0200
> >>> Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de> said:
> 
> > The call to getlogin() is the same as a call to GetUserName()
> > but if it fails, it returns 'unknown'. The original source of
> > read_etc_passwd() sets 'Administrator' as fallback and this is
> > the only difference. While the username is senseless on 9X
> > systems, on NT 'Administrator' would be a better fallback than
> > 'unknown'.So, why should it be changed then...
> 
> Are there any cases that GetUserName() fails on NT ? I understand
> GetUserName() fails mainly on 9X, and I don't want to see
> 'Administrator' on 9x.

But, on 9x everyone is the Administrator so the fallback is correct.
===
Earnie Boyd < mailto:earnie_boyd@yahoo.com >

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